The steppe mammoth, formally Mammuthus trogontherii, is an extinct species of mammoth that ranged across most of northern Eurasia during the Early and Middle Pleistocene, roughly 1.7 million to 200,000 years ago. It was one of the largest mammoth species and is thought to have been covered in fur, marking the mammoth lineage's initial adaptation to cold climates. It evolved in East Asia around 1.7 million years ago before migrating into North America roughly 1.3 million years ago and into Europe around 1 to 0.7 million years ago, and it was the ancestor of the woolly mammoth, the Columbian mammoth, and the dwarf Sardinian mammoth.
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Source Wikidata: Steppe Mammoth
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ranged over most of northern Eurasia
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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ranged over most of northern Eurasia
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1. Elephantidae - Wikipedia
Lead, family description
Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals which includes the living elephants
Lead, family description, system
They are large terrestrial mammals with a snout modified into a trunk and teeth modified into tusks.
View the Source2. Steppe mammoth (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Mammuthus trogontherii, commonly called the steppe mammoth, is an extinct species of mammoth that ranged over most of northern Eurasia during the Early and Middle Pleistocene, approximately 1.7 million to 200,000 years ago.
Relationship with humans
have been found with cut marks, suggested to represent evidence of butchery by archaic humans
Child Taxon Of: Mammuthus, Lead
Mammuthus trogontherii, commonly called the steppe mammoth, is an extinct species of mammoth
View the Source3. Catalogue of Life
4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Mammalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
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5. Wikidata: Steppe Mammoth
- Child Taxon Of: Elephantidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
- In Biome: Steppe, Introduction
View the SourceUNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Elephantidae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 437Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 437
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